Improvement in game apparatus



NrTED STATES MELBOURNE O. EURE, OF MINNEAPOLIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HISRIGHT PATENT QEEIGE.,

TO FRANCES LEE WILLIAMS, OF SAME PLACE, AND ELIZA E. NEWPORT,

OF BRAINARD, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN G AME APPARATUS.'

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,707, dated December7, 1875; application filed l November 1, 1875.

T 0 all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MELBOURNE C. BURR, of Minneapolis, in the State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and Improved Game, which I havedenominated Grelot5 and I hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus used, (shown inposition.) Fig. 2 is a cross-section.

My invention relates tothat class of games analogous to croquet, martel,Snc.; and it consists in bowling a certain number of balls at a swingingtarget-ball, the players being at xed distances from the target-ball, ashereinafter more specifically described.

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out. i

In the said drawings, A A are two standards properly secured to thelawn. Their tops are connected by a cross-bar, C, having a centralopening, c, crossed by a bar or rod, b. From this rod depends a pivotedswinging support, E, for holding the target-ball E',

a ring, g. l, 2, and 3 are stakes, at different distances from which theplayer must bowl.

The game consists in bowling eight or more balls at the target-ball Euntil one party has, by striking the target-ball and ringing the bell,gained four times as many points as there are balls used in thegame-that is, in a gaine with eight balls, thirty-two counts make thegame. The target is placed in between the two series of stakes, so eachside can recover the balls used by the others.

I am aware that swinging bells have been before mounted as objects forplaying against; but this is not my invention. 4

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a game apparatus, thestandards A A and cross-bar C, provided with thepivoted support E, ball E', and bell G, all combined and arranged tooperate substantially as described and shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

MELBOURNE. C. BURR.

Witnesses:

C. J. WEST,

VERNON BELL.

